Chris Cilla is an American comic artist, living and working in Portland, Oregon. He is the creator of self-published 'The Diplomat', and has collaborated with Zak Sally on a comic for EXPO 2000. Chris Cilla's weekly strip 'Swonk', written by Greg Petix, ran for three years in a newspaper in Tucson, Arizona. He also published the booklets 'Putz Rush', 'Hot Dog Holiday' and 'Stun Nuts', and contributed to the SPX 2002 anthology, Bogus Dead, Madburger and Proper Gander.